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Fair is a win-win situation for students and local organizations

By KELLY WARTH | Oct. 24, 2007

The first annual Community Engagement Fair gave students a chance to explore volunteer opportunities this past Monday.The event was hosted by the new Center for Student Leadership and Community Engagement, a conglomerate program of the original Leadership Development Center and the added community service-based program."We usually do this with the School of Management, but this year with our expansion, we decided it was a good time to do it on our own," said Terri Frysh, Community Engagement Coordinator for the Center.Sixteen local organizations and four on-campus organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Susan G.

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"Not to worry you, but..."

By Editorial | Oct. 24, 2007

Bacteria is everywhere in our society, from dorm rooms to grocery stores. Normally, bacteria are nothing to worry about and are even healthy.

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Book Fair offers classics on a shoestring budget

By KELLY WARTH | Oct. 22, 2007

Students will be able to purchase the staples of literature with their pocket change at the English Department's first Book Fair on Wednesday, Oct.

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Lawsuit warranted

By DAVE WEBSTER | Oct. 22, 2007

In my opinion, the potential lawsuit concerning the Virginia Tech shootings has merit. This potential lawsuit was described in an October 15, 2007 editorial in The Spectrum.

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No means no

By Editorial | Oct. 22, 2007

A Tulane University police officer was let go after a student reported he made unwanted sexual advances toward him and may have even used a taser to incapacitate and rape him.

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Speaker discusses American conceptions of race

By JOANN PAN | Oct. 22, 2007

Stories about Angelina Jolie and Bill O'Reilly helped develop Columbia Law Professor Patricia J. Williams' discussion of race on Friday.Williams, a renowned author, was the first distinguished speaker of an original series sponsored by the Loyce Stewart Memorial Fund.

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'Mangia' at La Bella Sicilia

By KRISTEN DEANGELI | Oct. 22, 2007

The homemade sauce and mouth-watering pasta of La Bella Sicilia's have been delighting Buffalonians for decades.

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Sidelines

Oct. 22, 2007

Starks named MAC East Co-Player of the WeekBulls running back James Starks was named as a Mid-American Conference Player of the Week for his efforts against Toledo on Saturday.

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Syracuse wins Battle of New York State

By JOSEPH GLENN | Oct. 22, 2007

The Carrier Dome of Syracuse saw the end of two streaks that had the Bulls expecting to win this past week.

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Honors College Hype

By JOHN SULLIVAN | Oct. 22, 2007

Several times now I have heard the rallying, triumphant boast that UB's Honors Program (now Honors College) provides its member students with "an Ivy League education at a public institution." While the Honors College is certainly a worthwhile component of UB's academic environment, this appraisal is unjustified.The quality of one's education arises from the quality of the faculty, facilities, and classmates.

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UB engineers create new machine for ground-breaking earthquake research

By KEELEY SHEEHAN | Oct. 22, 2007

UB engineers have created a one-of-a-kind machine to test how the contents of a building are affected by an earthquake.

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Bulls lose their way against Syracuse

By ALEX RUBIN | Oct. 22, 2007

"No, none whatsoever...I'm a competitor, I play to win, coach to win and it doesn't feel good right now."These words from Bulls head coach Turner Gill sum up the reality of Saturday's loss to Syracuse.

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Schedule

Oct. 22, 2007

M. TennisITA RegionalsThursday: at Princeton, NJ, All WeekendThursday: at Princeton, NJ, All WeekendM.

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"Close, but no cigar"

By STEPHEN MARTH | Oct. 22, 2007

As the volleyball season slowly nears the end of a season that the team would like to forget, one can only begin to wonder what is going on with the lady Bulls?

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"Jindal wins Louisiana race, becomes first Indian American governor"

By PETER WHORISKEY | Oct. 22, 2007

Bobby Jindal (R) became the nation's first Indian American governor Saturday, outpolling 11 rivals in Louisiana and drawing enough votes to avoid a runoff election next month.With about 90 percent of the state's nearly 4,000 precincts reporting, Jindal had 53 percent of the vote.

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Gone goes deep into Boston tragedy

By RACHEL KLEIN AND DAN MECCA | Oct. 22, 2007

Drug dealers, broken families, shattered dreams and no hope within an arm's length define the mean streets of Dorchester, Boston in Gone, Baby, Gone, a film that illuminates all of these aspects, producing a crime-driven thriller full of intensity and suspense.When four-year-old Amanda McCready goes missing right out of her bedroom, her mother, Helene McCready (Amy Ryan, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead), a cocaine addict and alcoholic, waits around slovenly for the police to find her daughter.Meanwhile, her sister Beatrice, or B, played by Amy Madigan (Winter Passing), hires missing-person private investigators Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck, Ocean's Thirteen) and Angela Genarro (Michelle Monaghan, The Heartbreak Kid).The couple is forced to work alongside Detectives Remy Bressant (Ed Harris, Cleaner) and Nick Poole (John Ashton, Sweet Deadly Dreams), who offer little more than disapproval at the young team.

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Bulls swim away with double victories

By STEPHEN MARTH | Oct. 22, 2007

On Friday afternoon, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams both came away with victories in their first dual meet of the season against Duquesne University.The men's swimming and diving team (1-0) defeated the visiting Dukes men's team (0-1) by a score of 129-107.

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Creative syndromes

By AUSTIN STERN | Oct. 22, 2007

This October at the Center for the Arts, students can experience "Stockholm Syndrome" without ever being diagnosed.

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John Thomas significantly increases strength of business program in past decade

By CHRISSY CASILIO | Oct. 22, 2007

It is no surprise that The Wall Street Journal has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management one of the top ten business schools in the world for the past seven consecutive years.

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The death of the family

By JOSHUA BOSTON | Oct. 22, 2007

Before the day was half done on December 14, 1987 - not 20 years ago - I was born into a warm and loving family.